Top Secret Principal DevOps Engineer

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corp. is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer at Principal or Senior Principal level for Space Systems. You will drive CI/CD, automation, and cloud infrastructure across multiple programs, collaborating with Agile teams.

The role demands TS clearance, Linux administration, and hands-on work with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and observability tooling in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience for Principal, or 8+ years for Senior Principal.
• Experience in Agile software development and CI/CD pipelines.
• Linux administration experience and cloud tooling proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Plan and evolve processes and infrastructure for rapid capability maturation.
• Define build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards for CI/CD.
• Develop automation scripts for infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Collaborate with developers to automate deployment and observability.

Skills

Agile development

Linux administration

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree (required)

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Flux

Helm

DynamoDB

NATS

Grafana

Prometheus

Loki

Jenkins

GitLab

Bamboo

Job description

Northrop Grumman Corp. is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer at Principal or Senior Principal level for Space Systems. You will drive CI/CD, automation, and cloud infrastructure across multiple programs, collaborating with Agile teams.

The role demands TS clearance, Linux administration, and hands-on work with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and observability tooling in a fast-paced environment.